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TIL Sharks have been on earth for longer than trees have.

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LbX9 TIL that John F. Kennedy’s grandmother not only outlived him, but was never told about her grandson’s assassination.
5Ve0r TIL a Looney Tunes director and animator, Robert McKimson, bragged to colleagues for getting a good bill of health at 67. His family history of living past their 90s caused him to tell his colleagues: "I'm going to be around after you guys are gone!" He died two days later of a heart attack.
KOdY9 TIL Abraham Lincoln, prior to becoming President, was an avid boater and traveled on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers where his boat often got stuck on sandbars. In 1849 Lincoln invented a method for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals, making him the first and only U.S. President to receive a patent.
GY8Zg TIL that Chip bags are filled with air not to trick us that their full, but to preserve the chips and make sure they don’t get crushed or get stale when they are shipped to stores
BgQer TIL actor Deep Roy played 165 different Oompa Loompas in Tim Burton's 2005 version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".